Krasimir Balakov - International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Bulgarian player obtained 92 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 29- 3-1966 Country: Bulgaria Caps: 92 (W43-D20-L29 - GF142-GA108 - %57.61) Goals: 15 Age First Cap: 22 yr 218 d 2-11-1988 vs. Denmark 1-1 Age Last Cap: 37 yr 32 d 30- 4-2003 vs. Albania 2-0 National Team Career: 14 yr 183 d


Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 2-11-88 K�benhavn Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 2 24-12-88 Sharjah UA Emirates 1-0 3 21- 2-89 Sofia Soviet Union 1-2 4 22- 3-89 Sofia West Germany 1-2 5 17- 5-89 Bucuresti Romania 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 6 23- 8-89 Erfurt East Germany 1-1 7 20- 9-89 Cesena Italy 0-4 8 11-10-89 Varna Greece 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 9 15-11-89 Athinai Greece 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 10 5- 5-90 Campinas Brazil 1-2 11 12- 9-90 Gen�ve Switzerland 0-2 European Ch. Qual. 12 26- 9-90 Stockholm Sweden 0-2 13 17-10-90 Bucuresti Romania 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 14 14-11-90 Sofia Scotland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 15 27- 3-91 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 16 1- 5-91 Sofia Switzerland 2-3 European Ch. Qual. 17 25- 9-91 Sofia Italy 2-1 18 16-10-91 Sofia San Marino 4-0 European Ch. Qual. 19 20-11-91 Sofia Romania 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 20 28- 4-92 Bern Switzerland 2-0 21 14- 5-92 Helsinki Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 22 19- 8-92 Sofia Mexico 1-1 23 9- 9-92 Sofia France 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 24 7-10-92 Stockholm Sweden 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 25 11-11-92 Paris Portugal 1-2 26 14- 4-93 Wien Austria 1-3 World Cup Qualifier 27 28- 4-93 Sofia Finland 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 28 12- 5-93 Sofia Israel 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 29 8- 9-93 Sofia Sweden 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 30 13-10-93 Sofia Austria 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 31 17-11-93 Paris France 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 32 19- 1-94 San Diego Mexico 1-1 33 3- 6-94 Sofia Ukraine 1-1 34 21- 6-94 Dallas Nigeria 0-3 World Cup 35 26- 6-94 Chicago Greece 4-0 World Cup 36 30- 6-94 Dallas Argentina 2-0 World Cup 37 5- 7-94 New Jersey Mexico 1-1 [1] World Cup 38 10- 7-94 New Jersey Germany 2-1 World Cup 39 13- 7-94 New Jersey Italy 1-2 World Cup 40 16- 7-94 Pasadena Sweden 0-4 World Cup 41 12-10-94 Sofia Georgia 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 42 16-11-94 Sofia Moldova 4-1 European Ch. Qual. 43 14-12-94 Cardiff Wales 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 44 29- 3-95 Sofia Wales 3-1 European Ch. Qual. 45 26- 4-95 Chisinau Moldova 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 46 7- 6-95 Sofia Germany 3-2 European Ch. Qual. 47 6- 9-95 Tirana Albania 1-1 European Ch. Qual. 48 7-10-95 Sofia Albania 3-0 European Ch. Qual. 49 11-10-95 Tbilisi Georgia 1-2 European Ch. Qual. 50 15-11-95 Berlin Germany 1-3 European Ch. Qual. 51 24- 4-96 Trnava Slovakia 0-0 52 28- 5-96 Sofia Macedonia 3-0 53 2- 6-96 Sofia UA Emirates 4-1 54 9- 6-96 Leeds Spain 1-1 European Champ. 55 13- 6-96 Newcastle Romania 1-0 European Champ. 56 18- 6-96 Newcastle France 1-3 European Champ. 57 1- 9-96 Tel-Aviv Israel 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 58 8-10-96 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 59 14-12-96 Limassol Cyprus 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 60 2- 4-97 Sofia Cyprus 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 61 8- 6-97 Burgas Luxembourg 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 62 20- 8-97 Sofia Israel 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 63 10- 9-97 Sofia Russia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 64 10- 3-98 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-2 65 25- 3-98 Skopje Macedonia 0-1 66 5- 6-98 Sofia Algeria 2-0 67 12- 6-98 Montpellier Paraguay 0-0 World Cup 68 19- 6-98 Paris Nigeria 0-1 World Cup 69 24- 6-98 Lens Spain 1-6 World Cup 70 29- 3-00 Sofia Belarus 4-1 71 26- 4-00 Sofia Ukraine 0-1 72 16- 8-00 Sofia Belgium 1-3 73 2- 9-00 Sofia Czech Republic 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 74 7-10-00 Sofia Malta 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 75 11-10-00 K�benhavn Denmark 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76 24- 3-01 Sofia Iceland 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 77 28- 3-01 Sofia N. Ireland 4-3 World Cup Qualifier 78 2- 6-01 Belfast N. Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 79 6- 6-01 Reykjav�k Iceland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 80 15- 8-01 Sofia Macedonia 1-0 81 01- 9-01 La Valletta Malta 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 82 5- 9-01 Sofia Denmark 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 83 6-10-01 Praha Czech Republic 0-6 World Cup Qualifier 84 13- 2-02 Rijeka Croatia 0-0 85 27- 3-02 New Jersey Ecuador 0-3 86 21- 8-02 Sofia Germany 2-2 87 7- 9-02 Brussel Belgium 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 88 12-10-02 Sofia Croatia 2-0 European Ch. Qual. 89 16-10-02 Sofia Andorra 2-1 European Ch. Qual. 90 27- 3-03 Krusevac Serbia & Mont. 2-1 91 2- 4-03 Tallinn Estonia 0-0 European Ch. Qual. 92 30- 4-03 Sofia Albania 2-0

[1] Bulgaria win 3-1 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage

92 43 20 29 142 108 106 57.61

Types of Matches Friendlies 28 World Cup Qualifier 30 World Cup 10 European Ch. Qual. 21 European Championship 3

Total caps: 92

Goals: Cap 21 1 goal Cap 23 1 goal Cap 25 1 goal Cap 32 1 goal Cap 42 1 goal Cap 44 1 goal Cap 45 1 goal Cap 57 1 goal Cap 58 1 goal Cap 59 1 goal Cap 61 1 goal Cap 77 1 goal Cap 80 1 goal Cap 86 1 goal Cap 89 1 goal

Total: 15 goals


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